Liquefaction is a phenomenon in which the strength and stiffness of a soil is reduced by earthquake shaking or other rapid loading. Liquefaction can cause major damage during an earthquake.

Accordingly, researchers from the Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan, have applied artificial intelligence to generate soil liquefaction risk maps, superseding already published risk maps.

Soil liquefaction was also a major cause of the damage, said O.P. Mishra, head of the NCS. Soil liquefaction happens during a strong earthquake, when the ground starts acting like a liquid instead ...